Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Renewable Fuel Standard ...

company name and address; facility name(s) and address(es); and a contact person’s
name, phone number and e-mail address. Any party who is not currently registered with
us would have to submit registration forms. We will issue a 4-digit company
identification number and, for each facility registered, a 5-digit facility identification
number. If a party becomes subject to this proposed regulation after the effective date,
then we propose that they must register with us and receive their EPA-issued company
and facility identification numbers prior to generating or holding any RINs.
We also propose that small volume domestic producers of renewable fuels, those
who produce less than 10,000 gallons per year, be allowed to remain unregistered. This
proposed provision would free them from recordkeeping and reporting requirements, but
it would also preclude them from generating RINs.
2. Reporting
Renewable fuel producers and importers would be required to submit three
different annual reports by February 28, reflecting activity during the previous calendar
year. The first report would be an annual report that reflects the generation of RINs.
This report would identify each batch of renewable fuel produced or imported during the
previous year and the RINs generated for each batch. This annual report would provide
information about the production date, renewable fuel type and volume of renewable fuel
produced or imported. For specific information about how RINs are actually generated,
please refer to the discussion in Section III.D.2 of this preamble.
Like any of the parties who can own RINs, a renewable fuel producer would also
have to submit a second type of report detailing transactional information regarding
RINs. This report would list the RINs which they own at the end of the reporting period
as well as any RINs they have acquired from other parties or have transferred to other
parties, identifying which parties took part in the transfer. This report would be similar to
the transaction report described below required of RIN owners who are not obligated
parties, exporters, or producers of renewable fuels.
Finally, each producer or importer of renewable fuel would be required to submit
a third annual report summarizing RIN activities for the previous year. This report would
include the total number of RINs generated, owned, transferred, and expired.
All reports would have to be signed and certified as true and correct by a
responsible corporate officer. This can be done electronically. As discussed above, we
plan to utilize a highly simplified electronic method of reporting via the Agency’s Central
Data Exchange that is secure, provides encryption and reliable electronic signatures, and
that permits generation of reports in the submitter’s choice of simple comma delimited
text or commercially available spreadsheet packages.
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